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No. 527,800. Patented Oct. Z3y1894 WITNESSES; 62: INVENTDRS' ATTORNEY m:upnms FETKRS be, mom-Luna. WASHINGTON o c NITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER OIANOIMINO, O-F BROOKLYN, AND FREDERICK W. MATTOCKS,'OF NEW YORK,N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,800, dated October23, 1894.

Application filed October 24,1893. Serial No. 488,985. (No model.)

To all whom zit may concern.-

Be it known that we, PETER CIANCIMINO, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, andFREDERICK W. MATTOOKS, of the city and county of New York, State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Dumping- Scows, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to scows in which the load of dirt is dumped insections from the sides by releasing outwardly swinging doors. In scowsof this character great difficulty is foundin dumping the load inasmuchas when the scow load is banked and trimmed in the usual manner, therebeing a greater amount of dirt above the rail, to which the doors arehinged, than there is below it, the upper portion of the dirt will packclosely and fail to discharge through the restricted opening between theinclined deck and side.

The object of our invention is, therefore, to obviate this difficultyand this we accomplish by providing a load line gage attached .to theside rail and having a swinging movement relatively thereto, and havinga portion, when in a normal or locked position, substantially parallelwith the inclined deck of the scow. There is one of the gages for eachsection or pocket of the scow.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a transverse sectionv of aportion of a scow and showing an end view of our improvement,

and Fig. 2 is an end view of our improve-- ment, on an enlarged scaleand in which dotted lines indicate the position of the device during thedumping of a load. Fig. 3 is an isometric perspective of a scowembodying our improvement.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A, indicates the inclined deck of ascow; A, the side rail and A shows a door hinged to. the rail A, so asto swing outward. The door is held closed during the loading andtransportation by means of a chain a extended through a hole in the deckA, to a winch a.

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scow on each side is divided into a number of sections or pockets. bymeans of bulkheads a The parts as so far described are of the usualconstruction and need no further defastened to the inner lower edge ofthe side The part B, when in its normal or rail A. locked position, ison an angle substantially parallel with the inclined deck A. It is heldin a locked position as here shown by means of a hook b having a wire bextended from it through a hole in the deck A, to a winch b By means ofthis wire and winch the hook may be drawn out of the eye I), to releasethe gage when the load is to be dumped.

Hinged to the upper edge of the load line gage rail Bis a guard board Bhaving an upwardly extending rail B at its inner edge. When the deviceis in its normal or locked position the board B extends in a horizontalplane, as clearly shown in the drawings. outer edge of the board 13extends over and is supported by the upper side of the rail A, and tocause an easy movement of the board on the rail we may provide the boardwith anti-friction rollers O. i

The operation of our device is as follows: In loading and trimming, theouter surface of the dirt should be substantially in line with theincline of the gage rail B as indicated in dotted line, Fig. l. sired todump a section of the load, the gage rail is released from the book 1)and then the swinging door A is released. The dirt will then dischargeand in its movement will force the gage rail to the position shown in 85dotted lines, Fig. 2 thus materially enlarging the discharge way orspace between the rail A and the deck and making it impossible for thedirt to clog or pack.

Having described our invention, what we 0 claim is 1. In a side dumpingscow', the combination The When it is dewith the inclined deck, the siderail and a of the gage rail, and fastening or looking deswinging door,of a loadline gage rail having vices, substantially as specified.

a swinging connection with the side rail, and normally on an inclinesubstantially. parallel with the deck, substantially as specified.

2. In a side dumping scow, the combination with the inclined deck, theside rail and a swinging door, of aload line gage rail hinged to saidside rail and normally arranged at an angle substantially parallel withthe deck, the guard board hinged to the upper portion PETER OIANCIMINO.FREDERICK W. MATTOCKS.

Witnesses as to Peter Ciancimino: ALEX S. FISHER, J. J KELVEY. Witnessesas to Frederick W. Mattocks:

JOHN H. STEWART, BENJ. E. OowL.

